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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'What Lies' at the Top

By:
Martin Grove
Mar 19, 2001

"What Lies Beneath" opened better than X-pected to a spirited $30 million, easily evicting "X-Men" from first place.
The R-rated supernatural thriller, co-financed by DreamWorks (which is releasing it domestically) and 20th Century Fox (which is distributing it internationally) arrived to a lively ESTIMATED $30.1 million at 2,813 theaters ($10,700 per theater). Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.
"Beneath" had appeared likely to materialize in second place based on tracking scores late last week.
"The tracking earlier in the week had us (opening) in the mid-$20 millions," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "So, obviously, we're very pleased with it. I think it's due, primarily, to the popularity of the cast of Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer and (director) Bob Zemeckis, of course."
Tharp also pointed to the effectiveness of the film's marketing campaign: "I think the trailer was very intriguing. The awareness that was created by the trailer was a very high number. Over a period of time, we received some criticism from people saying we gave away too much. But, obviously, this worked well."
"Beneath" should rank as Zemeckis' best opening: "I think it's Bob's biggest opening. He and I talked last night, going over (his past openings like) 'Back to the Future 2,' which was $27.8 million. 'Forrest Gump' was in the mid-$20 millions. 'Contact' was around $20 million and got to $100 million."
The blockbuster opening for "Beneath" is the latest of many successes this year for DreamWorks. "It's been a fun year for DreamWorks, starting with 'Galaxy Quest' (last holiday season), which did $70 million," Tharp observed. "'American Beauty,' which we brought in for the (Oscar) nominations and awards run, did another $50 million this year. We did $51 million on 'The Road to El Dorado.' We were really pleased with Woody Allen's 'Small Time Crooks.' We're going to get to $17 million on that. 'Road Trip' is close to $70 million. And 'Gladiator' should end up with a little over $180 million. 'Chicken Run' is at $86.2 million after this week, so it should get to a little over $100 million, as well."
Looking at the studio's exit polls for "Beneath," Tharp noted, "We skewed heavily with women - 61% of the audience was female. 64% was over 25. For that primary demographic of women, the excellent and very good (score) ran about 90%. The overall Top Two Boxes was 79% and the overall definite recommend was around 70%."
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, 'What Lies' stars Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer.
20th Century Fox's "X-Men" took an X-tra big second week drop, falling one slot to second place with a still sizable ESTIMATED $23.7 million (-56%) at 3,101 theaters (+76 theaters; $7,643 per theater). Its cume is approximately $99.5 million.
"It fell 65% on Friday night, but don't forget it opened up to over $20 million (last Friday)," Tom Sherak, 20th Domestic Film Group chairman and senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment, said Sunday morning.
"It went up 31% last night from Friday night, which is really good. So we're going to wait until the third weekend before we decide whether it gets to $140 million or $175 million.
"Figure $100 million now, coming off (about) $24 million in box office (this weekend). You figure you can do at least $135-140 million. There's another $35 million left in the movie. If it holds next week, which we think it will, it gets to $160-170 million."
Directed by Bryan Singer and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, "X-Men'" extensive cast is headed by Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen.
Warner Bros.' opening of its G-rated Japanese animated feature "Pokemon The Movie 2000" was a surprisingly strong power player in third place with a winning ESTIMATED $21.52 million at 2,752 theaters ($7,818 per theater).
The original "Pokemon: The First Movie" opened via Warner Bros. to $31.04 million the weekend of Nov. 12-14, 1999, at 3,043 theaters ($10,199 per theater). Its cume for five days was $50.8 million. At that point, Pokemon fever was running very high.
Insiders note that Warners was smart to get the new "Pokemon" feature into theaters quickly since there seems to be diminishing interest by kids in the Pokemon craze. Sales of Pokemon-related merchandise and toys are said to be down from where they were last fall.
"I think there's no question that 'Pokemon' is not as strong an entity (in terms of toy sales) as it was. But this (opening) gives you an indication that there's still a lot of young Pokemon fans in the marketplace," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning.
"To come in right at the heels of 'X-Men' indicates that there's a lot of things going on out there considering that these are child admissions. Our business really is matinee driven. We have almost no evening business whatsoever. The first one was released in the fall. In the first week, our non-holiday Monday and Tuesday, when the kids were in school, was $1.2 million a day. Now we have the summer, so it will be interesting to see what these next few days do (with kids out of school)."
Dimension Films' R-rated gross-out comedy horror film spoof "Scary Movie" continued to show good legs, falling two rungs in its third week to fourth place with an ESTIMATED $14.9 million (-43%) at 3,301 theaters (+149 theaters; $4,513 per theater). Its cume is approximately $116.3 million.
"It's another great weekend," Miramax senior vice president, marketing David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "We're looking at about $140 million."
If "Scary" breaks $138 million, it will overtake "Good Will Hunting" as the biggest grossing film ever for Miramax or Dimension.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Warner Bros.' PG-13-rated adventure drama blockbuster "The Perfect Storm" sailed down two ports to fifth place in its fourth week, still making waves with an ESTIMATED $9.5 million (-45%) at 3,203 theaters (-204 theaters; $2,966 per theater). Its cume is approximately $145.2 million, heading for $180 million-plus.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy "Disney's The Kid" dropped one notch to sixth place in its third week with an okay ESTIMATED $7.0 million (-33%) at 2,343 theaters (+23 theaters; $2,989 per theater). Its cume is approximately $42.6 million.
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, it stars Bruce Willis.
Columbia and Centropolis Entertainment's "The Patriot," which was fourth last weekend, tied for seventh place in its fourth week with a quieter ESTIMATED $6.1 million (-43%) at 2,751 theaters (-310 theaters; $2,217 per theater). Its cume is approximately $93.3 million, heading for $115-120 million.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
Columbia's PG-13-rated youth appeal comedy "Loser" was a box office loser, opening in a tie for seventh place to an ESTIMATED $6.1 million at 2,016 theaters ($3,026 per theater).
Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, it stars Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari and Greg Kinnear.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" was ninth, down three slots in its fifth week with a less tasty ESTIMATED $4.8 million (-39%) at 2,577 theaters (-376 theaters; $1,863 per theater). Its cume is approximately $86.2 million, heading for $100 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
Rounding out the Top Ten was 20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene," down three rungs in its fifth week with a slow ESTIMATED $3.1 million (-46%) at 2,450 theaters (-400 theaters; $1,265 per theater). Its cume is approximately $83.1 million.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
OTHER OPENINGS This weekend also saw the arrival of Warner Bros. and Morgan Creek's PG-13-rated psychological thriller "The In Crowd," which should be in and out of theaters quickly, opening in 12th place to an estimated $1.47 million at 1,357 theaters ($1,083 per theater). Its cume after 5 days is approximately $2.7 million.
Directed by Mary Lambert, it stars Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle and Nathan Bexton.
USA Films' French drama "Alice Et Martin" opened in New York, placing 25th with an encouraging estimated $22,000 at one theater.
Directed by Andre Techine, it stars Juliette Binoche.
Lions Gate Films' PG-13-rated "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," a documentary about the life of Tammy Faye Baker, opened in New York, placing 26th with a calm estimated $15,000 at 2 theaters ($7,500 per theater).
"We open San Francisco and L.A. this coming week and then it will be a slow roll out through August," Lions Gate co-president Tom Ortenberg said Sunday morning.
SNEAK PREVIEWS There were no national sneak previews this weekend.
EXPANSIONS On the expansion front this weekend, USA Films' director's cut reissue of the R-rated 1984 thriller "Blood Simple" went wider in its third week, placing 18th with an okay estimated $0.17 million (-5 percent) at 56 theaters (+24 theaters; $3,095 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.5 million.
Directed by Joel Coen and written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, it stars John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams and M. Emmet Walsh.
Artisan Entertainment's R-rated dark comedy "Chuck and Buck" expanded in its second week, placing 21st with a calm estimated $0.13 million at 25 theaters (+18 theaters; $5,220 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.2 million.
Directed by Miguel Arteta, it stars Mike white and Chris Weitz.
Lions Gate Films' R-rated sex comedy "But I'm A Cheerleader" expanded in its third week, placing 22nd with a quiet estimated $0.12 million at 29 theaters (+17 theaters; $3,966 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.3 million.
Directed by Jamie Babbit, it stars Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, RuPaul Charles and Cathy Moriarity.
Fine Line Features' R-rated comedy drama "The Five Senses" added theaters in its second week, placing 24th with an okay estimated $42,000 at 6 theaters (+4 theaters; $7,000 per theater). Its cume is approximately $79,000.
Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, it stars Mary-Louise Parker and Brendan Fletcher.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $135.24 million, up about 4.24 percent from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $129.73 million.
This weekend's key film gross was down about 7.62 percent from this year's previous weekend when key films grossed $146.43 million.
Last year, DreamWorks' opening week of "The Haunting" was first with $33.43 million at 2,808 theaters ($11,907 per theater); and Buena Vista's opening week of "Inspector Gadget" was second with $21.89 million at 2,814 theaters ($7,779 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $55.3 million. This year, the top two films grossed an estimated $53.8 million.
STUDIO MARKET SHARES Based on business by key films (those grossing $500,000 or more), last weekend's top six distributors were:
DreamWorks was first with three films("What Lies Beneath," "Chicken Run" and "Gladiator"), grossing an estimated $36.0 million or 26.6 percent of the market.
Warner Bros. was second with three films ("Pokemon The Movie 2000," "The Perfect Storm" and "The In Crowd"), grossing an estimated $32.49 million or 24.0 percent of the market.
20th Century Fox was third with three films ("X-Men," "Me, Myself &amp; Irene" and "Big Momma's House"), grossing an estimated $28.5 million or 21.1 percent of the market.
Miramax (Miramax and Dimension) was fourth with one film ("Scary Movie"), grossing an estimated $14.9 million or 11.0 percent of the market.
Sony Pictures Releasing (Columbia and TriStar) was fifth with two films ("The Patriot" and "Loser"), grossing an estimated $12.2 million or 9.0 percent of the market.
Buena Vista (Disney and Touchstone) was sixth with two films("Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Disney's The Kid"), grossing an estimated $8.1 million or 6.0 percent of the market.
ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES (11)Big Momma's House/Fox: Theaters: 1,202 (-441) Gross: $1.7 million (-40 percent) Average per theater: $1,414 Cume: $111.3 million
(12)THE IN CROWD/Warner Bros./Morgan Creek: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)
(13) Mission: Impossible 2/Paramount: Theaters: 1,025 (-684) Gross: $1.3 million (-43 percent) Average per theater: $1,290 Cume: $210.0 million
(14)Shaft/Paramount: Theaters: 1,225 (-522) Gross: $1.1 million (-53 percent) (tie) Average per theater: $915 Cume: $68.0 million
(14)Gone In 60 Seconds/BV: Theaters: 1,042 (-660) Gross: $1.1 million (-55 percent) (tie) Average per theater: $1,083 Cume: $93.5 million
(16)Gladiator/DreamWorks: Theaters: 747 (-287) Gross: $1.06 million (-33 percent) Average per theater: $1,420 Cume: $178.5 million
(17)Adventures of Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle/Universal: Theaters: 1,202 (-1,126) Gross: $0.65 million (-72 percent) Average per theater: $540 Cume: $22.4 million
(18) Blood Simple/USA Films: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(19)The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas/Universal: Theaters: 303 (-47) Gross: $0.15 million (-23 percent) Average per theater: $495 Cume: $34.7 million
(20)U-571/Universal: Theaters: 332 (+21) Gross: $0.14 million (-29 percent) Average per theater: $425 Cume: $76.3 million
(21)Chuck &amp; Buck/Artisan: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(22)But I'm A Cheerleader/Lions Gate: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(23)Erin Brockovich/Universal: Theaters: 173 (-29) Gross: $0.1 million (-28 percent) Average per theater: $550 Cume: $125.3 million
(24)The Five Senses/Fine Line: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(25)ALICE AND MARTIN/USA Films: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)
(26)THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE/Lions Gate: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)

"X" will mark the top spot on the chart this weekend.
With "X-Men's" 27% overall first-choice tracking among opening and released films, insiders expect the PG-13-rated 20th Century Fox sci-fi action adventure to open to $25-30 million at over 3,000 theaters.
"It could do $35 million if it's really, really front-loaded (with moviegoers running to see it right away)," an insider notes.
"X-Men," based on the hit Marvel comic book, should benefit from being this weekend's only new wide release.
Who's most interested in seeing it? "It's primarily younger (under 25) and older males," explains one distribution executive, "with very little females. 'Scary Movie' is primarily young males and young females. So 'Scary Movie' gets hurt with young males, but should still have the young females."
"Females have 'X-Men' an 11% first choice. Males have it a 31% first choice," a source points out. "Females have 'Scary Movie' an 11% first choice and males have it a 12% first choice.
"It looks like 'X-Men' is much more ethnic (in its appeal). 'X-Men' has a 30% first choice for African-Americans and a 41% first choice for African-American males. And it's a 57% first choice for older (over 25) African-American males. They relate to the comic book."
Directed by Bryan Singer and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, "X-Men's" extensive cast is headed by Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen.
Dimension Films' R-rated gross-out comedy horror film spoof "Scary Movie," which opened to $42.3 million last weekend, should slide one slot to second place. Among opening and released films, it's a 20% first choice in the tracking.
"You would certainly think it would drop 40% or better the second weekend, which puts it around $25 million - in other words, a figure they would have been happy to have had for opening weekend," an insider says. "But I think 'X-Men' is going to knock it down to second place."
"Most of the tracking indicates that 'Scary Movie' is (playing) very young," adds another observer. "So that's an indication it's going to get hurt this weekend. I think it will drop 50%. That will put it at, say, $21 million. But I'll take a movie that opens to $42 million any day. Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing it."
In post-weekend ticket sales, "Scary" scared up a very healthy $15 million-plus from Monday through Wednesday. "It's good business," a distributor says. "It's summertime and it's what the teenagers are going to see."
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Warner Bros.' PG-13-rated adventure drama blockbuster "The Perfect Storm" should float down one fathom to third place in its third weekend.
"'Perfect Storm' is somewhere in the high teens," predicts one studio executive. A 30%-35% drop would give it $18-19 million.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Columbia and Centropolis Entertainment's R-rated period piece drama "The Patriot" should be fighting one notch lower in fourth place in its third weekend with $10-11 million.
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy drama "Disney's The Kid," which opened a week earlier to $12.7 million, should round out the Top Five.
"I don't know how well it's going to hold up," an insider speculates. "Let's say it's down only 30%. That would put it at about $9 million."
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, "Kid" stars Bruce Willis.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" should fly the Top Five coop in its fourth weekend, down one peg to sixth place with $6-7 million.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene" should slide one notch to seventh place in its fourth weekend with $5-6 million.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
Filling out lower rungs this weekend: "Shaft," "Big Momma's House" and "Gone In 60 Seconds."
On the limited release front: Artisan Entertainment's R-rated dark comedy "Chuck and Buck," a hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival, opens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Directed by Miguel Arteta, it stars Mike white and Chris Weitz.
Fine Line Features' R-rated comedy drama "The Five Senses" opens in New York.
Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, it stars Mary-Louise Parker and Brendan Fletcher.
Miramax's R-rated vampire tale "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" opens in New York.
Directed by Po-Chih Leong, it stars Jude Law.
Looking ahead, an insider notes, DreamWorks' "What Lies Beneath," which doesn't open until July 21, was already a solid 11% overall first choice in tracking earlier this week. The R-rated supernatural thriller boasts an A-list adult appeal team -- "Forrest Gump" Oscar winning director Robert Zemeckis, plus Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer.
"I think that's a good number," he says. "By next week at this time, they can certainly be in the mid-to-high teens. I don't know that that means they open to $30 million. I think for them $20 million is probably a good number, because a lot of their audience is older and doesn't run out on (the first weekend) to see it."

As "X"-pected, 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" opened to "X"-ceptionally strong business.
"X-Men" topped the chart with an "X"-citing ESTIMATED $57.5 million at 3,025 theaters ($19,008 per theater).
Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend.
Driven by "X-Men" and helped by surprisingly strong holds for the four other Top Five films -- Dimension Films' "Scary Movie," Warner Bros.' "The Perfect Storm," Columbia's "The Patriot" and Buena Vista's "Disney's The Kid" - key films grossed about $150 million this weekend. Ticket sales soared more than 36% over the comparable weekend last summer.
Insiders pointed to the strength of late summer releases like "X-Men" and "Scary Movie" and said media prophets of gloom and doom may have spoken too soon in calling this summer a disaster compared to last summer.
Looking at "X-Men's" blockbuster launch, 20th Domestic Film Group chairman and senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Sherak said Sunday morning, "That becomes the highest-grossing, non-holiday, non-sequel opening of all time."
Sherak noted that Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2," which opened May 24 for Memorial Day weekend, "did $57.8 million in three days, but 'Mission's' a sequel."
Asked how he feels about "X-Men's" blockbuster launch, Sherak replied, "In the immortal words of Phil Rizzuto - 'Holy cow!'"
Sherak pointed to Fox's exit polls as a sign of "X-Men's" strength: "It's a PG-13 movie. It cost $75 million. And the exits are the same across the board. The audience on Friday night was 65% male and 35% female. 50% over 25 and 50% under 25, which is incredible. And across the board, it's almost the same numbers - young males liking it the best at 88%; older males 80%; younger females and older females at 80%.
"The definite recommend overall is 75%. It's broken up 75%, 77%, 72% and 74% -- meaning that it's the same across the board (for younger and older males and younger and older females) and it's good. It's playing to everybody. And it's playing ethnically, also - huge."
From Friday to Saturday, "X-Men" was off 8%, according to Sherak. "Not bad," he explained. "(With a drop of) 5% to 10%, be as happy as you can be. Don't forget, something like this has a huge fan base, and Friday's always going to be the biggest day. Think of the fan base - young males."
Focusing on what "X-Men's" success means to Fox, Sherak observed, "This is a tent pole movie. This is what makes studios studios. Tent poles. This now becomes, hopefully, the next tent pole movie. Think of 'Star Wars' and then think of this movie - good and evil, young kids, people trying to take care of other people, a guy and a girl - no love interest, but a guy and a girl.
"Also, this movie has something that I'm not quite sure 'Star Wars' had but which is important as you go into 2000 and the '00s; this has people that are different. It treats it in a way that (says) you don't have to be the same. It deals with things that you don't read about and you don't see, but it's implied in the movie that have to do with today. I think even though it's in the future, it's just interesting how that works with the audience and why you see these exits the way you see them. They're getting things out of it, a la 'Star Wars,' that are sort of inside it. And they're enjoying that."
As an indication of how much business "X-Men" was doing this weekend, Sherak noted that New York's new AMC multiplex in Times Square has $190,000 in "the two days so far (Friday and Saturday). They're going to do over $275,000 for the three days. The highest gross ever for a theater, I would believe, for a (non-holiday) weekend." The film is playing, he said, on seven screens there.
Directed by Bryan Singer and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, "X-Men'" extensive cast is headed by Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen.
Dimension Films' R-rated gross-out comedy horror film spoof "Scary Movie" held up better than expected, slipping one slot in its second week to second place, with an ESTIMATED $26.1 million (-39%) at 3,152 theaters (+240 theaters; $8,280 per theater). Its cume is approximately $89.0 million.
"It's a terrific hold," Miramax senior vice president, marketing David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "I think we're looking right now at (getting to) probably between $135 million and $140 million. We're thrilled with the business. (To be) off 39% is great.
"We were down Friday to Saturday last weekend. This weekend we were up 24% (from Friday to Saturday). That was nice. We're already getting some repeat business, which is great."
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Warner Bros.' PG-13-rated adventure drama blockbuster "The Perfect Storm" floated down one rung to third place in its third week with a still torrential ESTIMATED $17.49 million (-36%) at 3,407 theaters (theater count unchanged; $5,134 per theater). Its cume is approximately $128.9 million.
"Hopefully, $200 million," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning when asked where "Storm" appears to be heading domestically. "The minimum (projection) I have right now is about $188-190 million. If we can hold our estimate this weekend, I think we have a really good shot at (getting to $200 million)."
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Columbia and Centropolis Entertainment's "The Patriot" was showing good legs in fourth place, down one peg in its third week with a solid ESTIMATED $11.0 million (-29%) at 3,061 theaters (theater count unchanged; $3,594 per theater). Its cume is approximately $83.2 million, heading for $125 million.
"We opened a number of foreign territories," Sony Pictures Releasing's Mark Zucker said Sunday morning. "We're number one in France, where we'll do about 20 million Francs this weekend, similar to the 'Erin Brockovich' opening, which was excellent. In dollars, it's about $3 million. We expect it to play in a similar fashion. We've got about 20% of the market there.
"We also have number ones in Argentina, Switzerland and Columbia. In Mexico, it's number two, behind a huge weekend for 'Dinosaur.' In the U.K., it's unfortunately number three, but we're not that surprised. They're not happy with some of it. The first two were 'Chicken Run' and 'Mission: Impossible 2.'"
This week will see "Patriot" open Thursday (July 20) in Australia as well as Spain and Brazil. "In Australia, we've got huge expectations, obviously (with Mel Gibson starring in the film)," Zucker said. "There's some great research going there. It's a very big first choice already."
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy "Disney's The Kid" dropped one notch to fifth place in its second week, holding well with an encouraging ESTIMATED $10.5 million (-17%) at 2,320 theaters (+153 theaters; $4,532 per theater). Its cume is approximately $30.0 million.
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, it stars Bruce Willis.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" was sixth, down one leg in its fourth week with a leaner ESTIMATED $7.8 million (-22%) at 2,953 theaters (+52 theaters; $2,647 per theater). Its cume is approximately $76.9 million, heading for $85 million or more in domestic theaters.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene" fell one rung to seventh place in its fourth week with a quiet ESTIMATED $5.7 million (-33%) at 2,850 theaters -146 theaters; $2,000 per theater). Its cume is approximately $77.1 million.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
20th Century Fox's PG-13 comedy "Big Momma's House" held on to eighth place in its seventh week with a still hefty ESTIMATED $2.75 million (-33%) at 1,642 theaters (-284 theaters; $1,630 per theater). Its cume is approximately $108.2 million.
Directed by Raja Gosnell, it stars Martin Lawrence and Nia Long.
Buena Vista/Touchstone's PG-13-rated action thriller "Gone In 60 Seconds" rose one rung to ninth place in its sixth weekend, holding okay with an ESTIMATED $2.6 million (-29%) at 1,702 theaters (-169 theaters; $1,505 per theater). Its cume is approximately $91.1 million.
Directed by Dominic Sena and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Mike Stenson, "Gone" stars Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.
Rounding out the Top Ten was Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake "Shaft," down three slots in its fifth week with a dull ESTIMATED $2.45 million (-39%) at 1,747 theaters (-515 theaters; $1,402 per theater). Its cume is approximately $66.0 million, heading for $71-72 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by John Singleton, "Shaft" stars Samuel L. Jackson and Vanessa Williams.
OTHER OPENINGS
This weekend also saw the arrival of Artisan Entertainment's R-rated dark comedy "Chuck and Buck," placing 21st with an encouraging ESTIMATED $70,000 at 7 theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco ($9,995 per theater).
Directed by Miguel Arteta, it stars Mike white and Chris Weitz.
Fine Line Features' R-rated comedy drama "The Five Senses" opened in 22nd place with a hopeful ESTIMATED $25,000 at 2 theaters in New York ($12,561 per theater).
Written and directed by Jeremy Podeswa, it stars Mary-Louise Parker and Brendan Fletcher.
Miramax's R-rated vampire tale "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" arrived in 23rd place with a quiet ESTIMATED $10,000 at 1 theater in New York.
Directed by Po-Chih Leong, it stars Jude Law.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
There were no national sneak previews this weekend.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front this weekend, USA Films' director's cut reissue of the R-rated 1984 thriller "Blood Simple" went wider in its second week, placing 16th with an okay ESTIMATED $0.18 million at 33 theaters (+30 theaters; $5,445 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.25 million.
Directed by Joel Coen and written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, it stars John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams and M. Emmet Walsh.
Lions Gate Films' R-rated sex comedy "But I'm A Cheerleader" expanded in its second week, placing 20th with a cheerful ESTIMATED $79,000 at 12 theaters (+8 theaters; $6,620 per theater). Its cume is approximately $0.18 million.
Directed by Jamie Babbit, it stars Natasha Lyonne, Clea Duvall, RuPaul Charles and Cathy Moriarity.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $150.39 million, up about 36.25% from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $110.39 million.
This weekend's key film gross was up about 8.63% from this year's previous weekend when key films grossed $138.18 million.
Last year, Universal's opening week of "American Pie" was first with $18.71 million at 2,508 theaters ($7,460 per theater); and Warner Bros.' second week of "Wild Wild West" was second with $16.83 million at 3,342 theaters ($5,037 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $35.5 million. This year, the top two films grossed an ESTIMATED $83.6 million.
STUDIO MARKET SHARES
Based on business by key films (those grossing $500,000 or more), last weekend's top six distributors were:
20th Century Fox was first with three films ("X-Men," "Me, Myself &amp; Irene" and "Big Momma's House"), grossing an ESTIMATED $65.95 million or 43.9% of the market.
Miramax (Miramax and Dimension) was second with one film ("Scary Movie"), grossing an ESTIMATED $26.1 million or 17.4% of the market.
Warner Bros. was third with one film ("The Perfect Storm"), grossing an ESTIMATED $17.49 million or 11.7% of the market.
Buena Vista (Disney and Touchstone) was fourth with two films("Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Disney's The Kid"), grossing an ESTIMATED $13.1 million or 8.7% of the market.
Sony Pictures Releasing (Columbia and TriStar) was fifth with one film ("The Patriot"), grossing an ESTIMATED $11.0 million or 7.3% of the market.
DreamWorks was sixth with two films("Chicken Run" and "Gladiator"), grossing an ESTIMATED $9.3 million or 6.2% of the market.
ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES
(11)Mission: Impossible 2/Paramount: Theaters: 1,709 (-348) Gross: $2.38 million (-27%) Average per theater: $1,390 Cume: $207.7 million
(12)Adventures of Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle/Universal: Theaters: 2,328 (-154) Gross: $2.36 million (-40%) Average per theater: $1,015 Cume: $20.5 million
(13)Gladiator/DreamWorks: Theaters: 1,034 (-176) Gross: $1.5 million (-26%) Average per theater: $1,454 Cume: $176.5 million
(14)Dinosaur/Buena Vista/Disney: Theaters: 704 (-145) Gross: $0.48 million (-27%) Average per theater: $682 Cume: $132.8 million
(15)Boys and Girls/Dimension Films: Theaters: 389 (-485) Gross: $0.25 million (-54%) Average per theater: $642 Cume: $20.2 million
(16)Blood Simple/USA Films: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(17)U-571/Universal: Theaters: 312 (-45) Gross: $0.17 million (-27%) Average per theater: $530 Cume: $76.0 million
(18) The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas/Universal: Theaters: 350 (-18) Gross: $0.15 million (-26%) Average per theater: $430 Cume: $34.3 million
(19)Erin Brockovich/Universal: Theaters: 204 (-38) Gross: $0.11 million (-25%) Average per theater: $540 Cume: $125.1 million
(20)But I'm A Cheerleader/Lions Gate: (See EXPANSIONS above)
(21)CHUCK &amp; BUCK/Artisan: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)
(22) THE FIVE SENSES/Fine Line: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)
(23)THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES/Miramax: (See OTHER OPENINGS above)

As "X"-pected, 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" opened to "X"-ceptionally strong business.
"X-Men" topped the chart with an "X"-citing estimated $57.5 million at 3,025 theaters ($19,008 per theater).
Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend.
Driven by "X-Men" and helped by surprisingly strong holds for the four other Top Five films -- Dimension Films' "Scary Movie," Warner Bros.' "The Perfect Storm," Columbia's "The Patriot" and Buena Vista's "Disney's The Kid" - key films grossed about $150 million this weekend. Ticket sales soared more than 36 percent over the comparable weekend last summer.
Insiders pointed to the strength of late summer releases like "X-Men" and "Scary Movie" and said media prophets of gloom and doom may have spoken too soon in calling this summer a disaster compared to last summer.
Looking at "X-Men's" blockbuster launch, 20th Domestic Film Group chairman and senior executive vice president of Fox Filmed Entertainment Tom Sherak said Sunday morning, "That becomes the highest-grossing, non-holiday, non-sequel opening of all time."
Sherak noted that Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2," which opened May 24 for Memorial Day weekend, "did $57.8 million in three days, but 'Mission's' a sequel."
Asked how he feels about "X-Men's" blockbuster launch, Sherak replied, "In the immortal words of Phil Rizzuto - 'Holy cow!'"
Sherak pointed to Fox's exit polls as a sign of "X-Men's" strength: "It's a PG-13 movie. It cost $75 million. And the exits are the same across the board. The audience on Friday night was 65 percent male and 35 percent female. 50 percent over 25 and 50 percent under 25, which is incredible. And across the board, it's almost the same numbers - young males liking it the best at 88 percent; older males 80 percent; younger females and older females at 80 percent.
"The definite recommend overall is 75 percent. It's broken up 75 percent, 77%, 72 percent and 74 percent -- meaning that it's the same across the board (for younger and older males and younger and older females) and it's good. It's playing to everybody. And it's playing ethnically, also - huge."
From Friday to Saturday, "X-Men" was off 8 percent, according to Sherak. "Not bad," he explained. "(With a drop of) 5 percent to 10%, be as happy as you can be. Don't forget, something like this has a huge fan base, and Friday's always going to be the biggest day. Think of the fan base - young males."
Focusing on what "X-Men's" success means to Fox, Sherak observed, "This is a tent pole movie. This is what makes studios studios. Tent poles. This now becomes, hopefully, the next tent pole movie. Think of 'Star Wars' and then think of this movie - good and evil, young kids, people trying to take care of other people, a guy and a girl - no love interest, but a guy and a girl.
"Also, this movie has something that I'm not quite sure 'Star Wars' had but which is important as you go into 2000 and the '00s; this has people that are different. It treats it in a way that (says) you don't have to be the same. It deals with things that you don't read about and you don't see, but it's implied in the movie that have to do with today. I think even though it's in the future, it's just interesting how that works with the audience and why you see these exits the way you see them. They're getting things out of it, a la 'Star Wars,' that are sort of inside it. And they're enjoying that."
As an indication of how much business "X-Men" was doing this weekend, Sherak noted that New York's new AMC multiplex in Times Square has $190,000 in "the two days so far (Friday and Saturday). They're going to do over $275,000 for the three days. The highest gross ever for a theater, I would believe, for a (non-holiday) weekend." The film is playing, he said, on seven screens there.
Directed by Bryan Singer and produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Ralph Winter, "X-Men'" extensive cast is headed by Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen.
Dimension Films' R-rated gross-out comedy horror film spoof "Scary Movie" held up better than expected, slipping one slot in its second week to second place, with an estimated $26.1 million (-39 percent) at 3,152 theaters (+240 theaters; $8,280 per theater). Its cume is approximately $89.0 million.
"It's a terrific hold," Miramax senior vice president, marketing David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "I think we're looking right now at (getting to) probably between $135 million and $140 million. We're thrilled with the business. (To be) off 39 percent is great.
"We were down Friday to Saturday last weekend. This weekend we were up 24 percent (from Friday to Saturday). That was nice. We're already getting some repeat business, which is great."
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Warner Bros.' PG-13-rated adventure drama blockbuster "The Perfect Storm" floated down one rung to third place in its third week with a still torrential estimated $17.49 million (-36 percent) at 3,407 theaters (theater count unchanged; $5,134 per theater). Its cume is approximately $128.9 million.
"Hopefully, $200 million," Warner Bros. Distribution president Dan Fellman said Sunday morning when asked where "Storm" appears to be heading domestically. "The minimum (projection) I have right now is about $188-190 million. If we can hold our estimate this weekend, I think we have a really good shot at (getting to $200 million)."
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Columbia and Centropolis Entertainment's "The Patriot" was showing good legs in fourth place, down one peg in its third week with a solid estimated $11.0 million (-29 percent) at 3,061 theaters (theater count unchanged; $3,594 per theater). Its cume is approximately $83.2 million, heading for $125 million.
"We opened a number of foreign territories," Sony Pictures Releasing's Mark Zucker said Sunday morning. "We're number one in France, where we'll do about 20 million Francs this weekend, similar to the 'Erin Brockovich' opening, which was excellent. In dollars, it's about $3 million. We expect it to play in a similar fashion. We've got about 20 percent of the market there.
"We also have number ones in Argentina, Switzerland and Columbia. In Mexico, it's number two, behind a huge weekend for 'Dinosaur.' In the U.K., it's unfortunately number three, but we're not that surprised. They're not happy with some of it. The first two were 'Chicken Run' and 'Mission: Impossible 2.'"
This week will see "Patriot" open Thursday (July 20) in Australia as well as Spain and Brazil. "In Australia, we've got huge expectations, obviously (with Mel Gibson starring in the film)," Zucker said. "There's some great research going there. It's a very big first choice already."
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy "Disney's The Kid" dropped one notch to fifth place in its second week, holding well with an encouraging estimated $10.5 million (-17 percent) at 2,320 theaters (+153 theaters; $4,532 per theater). Its cume is approximately $30.0 million.
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, it stars Bruce Willis.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" was sixth, down one leg in its fourth week with a leaner estimated $7.8 million (-22 percent) at 2,953 theaters (+52 theaters; $2,647 per theater). Its cume is approximately $76.9 million, heading for $85 million or more in domestic theaters.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene" fell one rung to seven h place in its fourth week with a quiet estimated $5.7 million (-33 percent) at 2,850 theaters (-146 theaters; $2,000 per theater). Its cume is approximately $77.1 million.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
20th Century Fox's PG-13 comedy "Big Momma's House" held on to eighth place in its seventh week with a still hefty estimated $2.75 million (-33 percent) at 1,843 theaters (-83 theaters; $1,492 per theater). Its cume is approximately $108.2 million.
Directed by Raja Gosnell, it stars Martin Lawrence and Nia Long.
Buena Vista/Touchstone's PG-13-rated action thriller "Gone In 60 Seconds" rose one rung to ninth place in its sixth weekend, holding okay with an estimated $2.6 million (-29 percent) at 1,702 theaters (-169 theaters; $1,505 per theater). Its cume is approximately $91.1 million.
Directed by Dominic Sena and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Mike Stenson, "Gone" stars Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.
Rounding out the Top Ten was Paramount's R-rated urban appeal remake "Shaft," down three slots in its fifth week with a dull estimated $2.45 million (-39 percent) at 1,747 theaters (-515 theaters; $1,402 per theater). Its cume is approximately $66.0 million, heading for $71-72 million in domestic theaters.
Directed by John Singleton, "Shaft" stars Samuel L. Jackson and Vanessa Williams.

"Scary Movie" has a good shot at scaring up this weekend's biggest grosses.
"I think it's going to open to north of $20 million, maybe $25 million," a studio executive speculates in view of its 27 percent overall first-choice tracking. "It's going to be between 'Scary Movie' and 'Perfect Storm' for first place. Both could be in the mid-twenties, but 'Scary Movie' could take it."
"It skews very high for the under 25 group," another insider adds. "It's 43 percent first choice for males and 45 percent for females. So it's obviously young teenagers. It could open to $25-30 million."
The R-rated teen appeal comedy from Miramax's Dimension Films label combines gross-out comedy with a spoof of classic horror flicks. It is opening very wide; Dimension was still doing its final tabulations, but insiders figure it will go into 2,800-plus theaters.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Last weekend Warner Bros. opened its PG-13-rated adventure drama "Storm" to $41.3 million for three days and $62.7 million for the five-day July Fourth holiday. If it drops 45 percent, it will do about $22.7 million in its second weekend.
"My gut feeling is 'Scary Movie' takes it because, I think, a lot of 'Perfect Storm's' customers are 'Scary Movie's' customers," this insider predicts. "Young males who ran to see 'Perfect Storm' because it was a big special effects movie are going to go see 'Scary Movie.'"
Among opening and released films, "Storm" was only a 17 percent overall first choice in late week tracking studies. One observer (and not someone connected to "Patriot," by the way) saw that as an indication that it could move downstream to third place while the better tracking "Patriot" holds on to second. But, others caution, last week's tracking didn't favor "Storm," and it still managed to capture first place.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" should retreat from second to third place in its second weekend. The R-rated period piece drama from Columbia Pictures and Centropolis Entertainment kicked off to an encouraging $22.4 million last weekend. It took in $31.7 million for the five-day extended weekend and wound up with a first week cume of $44.5 million.
Late in the week, "Patriot" was an encouraging 25 percent overall first choice in tracking studies among opening and released films.
"I think 'Patriot' should have a better hold than 'Perfect Storm,'" a distributor observes. "If it's down 40 percent, it does $13 million - and I think it will do better than that. If it's down 35 percent, it's $14 million. It's somewhere in the mid-teens."
Considering "Patriot's" prospects, another insider comments, "'Patriot's a story about the American Revolution. As wonderful as it may be, you can't get teenagers to go see that stuff. They don't want a history lesson in the summer."
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
The weekend's other wide opening, Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy drama "Disney's The Kid," opening at 2,167 theaters, is likely to place fourth.
Although "Kid's" 5 percent overall first-choice tracking left insiders cold, it did have the benefit of good sneak previews last Sunday.
"I don't know what to make of that," one insider said candidly about its low tracking.
"The tracking is not very strong on it," another executive says. "But the awareness is good. Definite interest is soft. It's hard to say, but I just think you don't have a film that comes from Disney with the title ' Disney's The Kid' where parents aren't going to take their kids to see it. It's a 10 percent overall first choice in the tracking among females over 25, which are moms. It sounds like it could open to $10 million-plus.
BV held about 800 "Kid" sneaks Sunday with 70 percent-plus capacity. Those on hand scored it 90 percent in the Top Two Boxes (excellent and very good). The studio said its preview audience was 53 percent female, 69 percent families and 48 percent under 25.
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, "Kid" stars Bruce Willis.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" was fourth with $13.2 million last weekend (although it was third for the five day July Fourth period with $21.4 million). It's likely to hold up well in its third week and round out the top five with $8-9 million.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene," which dropped 45 percent to third place last weekend, should slip to sixth place in its third weekend.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
Universal's PG-rated live action-computer animated comedy drama "The Adventures of Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle," which opened to a weak $6.8 million last weekend, should plunge to seventh place in its second weekend.
Directed by Des McAnuff, "Rocky" stars Rene Russo, Jason Alexander and Robert De Niro.
Filling out lower rungs this weekend: "Shaft," "Gone In 60 Seconds," ""Big Momma's House" and "Mission: Impossible 2."
On the limited release front: Sony Pictures Classics' PG-13 comedy drama "Shower" from director Zhang Yang opens in New York and Los Angeles.
USA Films' R-rated suspense drama "Blood Simple - Director's Cut" opens in New York and L.A.
The Joel and Ethan Coen classic stars John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh and Holly Hunter.
Lions Gate Films' R-rated dark comedy "But I'm A Cheerleader" opens in New York and San Francisco.
Directed by Jamie Babbit, it stars Natasha Lyonne and RuPaul Charles.

"Scary Movie" has a good shot at scaring up this weekend's biggest grosses.
"I think it's going to open to north of $20 million, maybe $25 million," a studio executive speculates in view of its 27% overall first-choice tracking. "It's going to be between 'Scary Movie' and 'Perfect Storm' for first place. Both could be in the mid-twenties, but 'Scary Movie' could take it."
"It skews very high for the under 25 group," another insider adds. "It's 43% first choice for males and 45% for females. So it's obviously young teenagers. It could open to $25-30 million."
The R-rated teen appeal comedy from Miramax's Dimension Films label combines gross-out comedy with a spoof of classic horror flicks. It is opening very wide; Dimension was still doing its final tabulations, but insiders figure it will go into 2,800-plus theaters.
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, it stars Carmen Electra and Shannon Elizabeth.
Last weekend Warner Bros. opened its PG-13-rated adventure drama "Storm" to $41.3 million for three days and $62.7 million for the five-day July Fourth holiday. If it drops 45%, it will do about $22.7 million in its second weekend.
"My gut feeling is 'Scary Movie' takes it because, I think, a lot of 'Perfect Storm's' customers are 'Scary Movie's' customers," this insider predicts. "Young males who ran to see 'Perfect Storm' because it was a big special effects movie are going to go see 'Scary Movie.'"
Among opening and released films, "Storm" was only a 17% overall first choice in late week tracking studies. One observer (and not someone connected to "Patriot," by the way) saw that as an indication that it could move downstream to third place while the better tracking "Patriot" holds on to second. But, others caution, last week's tracking didn't favor "Storm," and it still managed to capture first place.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, "Storm" stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" should retreat from second to third place in its second weekend. The R-rated period piece drama from Columbia Pictures and Centropolis Entertainment kicked off to an encouraging $22.4 million last weekend. It took in $31.7 million for the five-day extended weekend and wound up with a first week cume of $44.5 million.
Late in the week, "Patriot" was an encouraging 25% overall first choice in tracking studies among opening and released films.
"I think 'Patriot' should have a better hold than 'Perfect Storm,'" a distributor observes. "If it's down 40%, it does $13 million - and I think it will do better than that. If it's down 35%, it's $14 million. It's somewhere in the mid-teens."
Considering "Patriot's" prospects, another insider comments, "'Patriot's a story about the American Revolution. As wonderful as it may be, you can't get teenagers to go see that stuff. They don't want a history lesson in the summer."
Directed by Roland Emmerich, "Patriot" stars Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger.
The weekend's other wide opening, Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated comedy drama "Disney's The Kid," opening at 2,167 theaters, is likely to place fourth.
Although "Kid's" 5% overall first-choice tracking left insiders cold, it did have the benefit of good sneak previews last Sunday.
"I don't know what to make of that," one insider said candidly about its low tracking.
"The tracking is not very strong on it," another executive says. "But the awareness is good. Definite interest is soft. It's hard to say, but I just think you don't have a film that comes from Disney with the title 'Disney's The Kid' where parents aren't going to take their kids to see it.
It's a 10% overall first choice in the tracking among females over 25, which are moms. It sounds like it could open to $10 million-plus.
BV held about 800 "Kid" sneaks Sunday with 70%-plus capacity. Those on hand scored it 90% in the Top Two Boxes (excellent and very good). The studio said its preview audience was 53% female, 69% families and 48% under 25.
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, "Kid" stars Bruce Willis.
DreamWorks' G-rated animated feature "Chicken Run" was fourth with $13.2 million last weekend (although it was third for the five day July Fourth period with $21.4 million). It's likely to hold up well in its third week and round out the top five with $8-9 million.
Directed by Peter Lord &amp; Nick Park, "Chicken" features such voices as Mel Gibson and Miranda Richardson.
20th Century Fox's R-rated Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself &amp; Irene," which dropped 45% to third place last weekend, should slip to sixth place in its third weekend.
Directed by Peter &amp; Bobby Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary"), "Irene" stars Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
Universal's PG-rated live action-computer animated comedy drama "The Adventures of Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle," which opened to a weak $6.8 million last weekend, should plunge to seventh place in its second weekend.
Directed by Des McAnuff, "Rocky" stars Rene Russo, Jason Alexander and Robert De Niro.
Filling out lower rungs this weekend: "Shaft," "Gone In 60 Seconds," ""Big Momma's House" and "Mission: Impossible 2."
On the limited release front: Sony Pictures Classics' PG-13 comedy drama "Shower" from director Zhang Yang opens in New York and Los Angeles.
USA Films' R-rated suspense drama "Blood Simple - Director's Cut" opens in New York and L.A.
The Joel and Ethan Coen classic stars John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh and Holly Hunter.
Lions Gate Films' R-rated dark comedy "But I'm A Cheerleader" opens in New York and San Francisco.
Directed by Jamie Babbit, it stars Natasha Lyonne and RuPaul Charles.

Julia Roberts showed great box-office legs as Universal's "Erin Brockovich" held on to the top spot on the chart.
"Erin Brockovich" The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia, finished first in its second week with a sexy estimated $19.03 million (-32%) at 2,851 theaters (+3 theaters, $6,675 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $56.3 million.
"This is a picture that is obviously a crowd pleaser," Universal Distribution President Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "The exit polls were very indicative that the picture would have legs, and now we're just playing out.
"It's a difficult marketplace because the Academy Awards (Best Picture nominees) did take a huge visibility on a weekend like this. It's quite obvious when you look at what 'Cider House Rules' and 'American Beauty' did. There were tons of activity last night on the Academy nominated films. We had calculated this into the (release) plan. That's why we opened last weekend."
How will Sunday's Oscar telecast affect "Erin"? "We certainly feel that 'Erin' will suffer," Rocco replied. "We would normally have a great Sunday with this kind of film, and we know it will be impacted to some extent. We show that we're down 32% in our estimate. If it weren't for the Oscars, we probably would have been down 20%."
A drop of only 20% would have given "Erin" a gross of about $22.5 million for the weekend, about $3.5 million more than it's likely to wind up with, given its Oscar competition.
"We've got our version of Super Tuesday going the weekend of April 7, where we have six major (international) territories releasing, including the U.K., Spain and Germany," Sony Pictures Releasing President Jeff Blake said Sunday morning.
"I think it's a real sign of the times that even though Erin Brockovich is not a familiar name (abroad), certainly Julia Roberts is not an unfamiliar name. So we felt good about being aggressive and putting the international territories very close to the U.S. date. I think the tremendous publicity it's getting out of its back-to-back No. 1 finishes -- and I wouldn't bet against it next week, either -- will really put us in a great place. I think pretty much everyone around the world has now heard of 'Erin Brockovich.'"
Sony and Universal, he noted, "are 50% partners in everything around the world. They're releasing domestic, and we're releasing internationally."
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, it stars Roberts, Albert Finney and Aaron Eckart.
Warner Bros.' R-rated hip-hop, kung-fu movie "Romeo Must Die" kicked off in second place with a knock 'em dead estimated $18.58 million at 2,641 theaters ($7,035 per theater). Its total to date after five days is approximately $25.1 million.
Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.
Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and produced by Joel Silver and Jim Van Wyck, it stars Jet Li, Aaliyah, Russell Wong, DMX and Delroy Lindo.
"'Romeo' is performing extremely well," Warner Bros. Distribution President Dan Fellman said Sunday morning. "The exit polls are excellent. CinemaScore actually ranked it an A-minus, which parallels our own exits. The majority of the audience is split evenly between male and female under 25. That's driven by Jet Li, Aaliyah, the music, the MTV video and, of course, a fantastic campaign created by (Warners' creative advertising head) Joel Wayne.
"It's the second-largest three-day opening of any action-adventure movie from January through April. That's only behind 'The Matrix.' Joel Silver has one and two (having produced 'Matrix' for Warners)."
New Line's R-rated suspense thriller "Final Destination" held on to third place in its second weekend, holding well with an estimated $7.10 million (-29%) at 2,587 theaters (theater count unchanged, $2,744 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $20.3 million.
Directed by James Wong, it stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter and Kerr Smith.
"We're thrilled out of our minds," New Line distribution head David Tuckerman said Sunday morning. "For a teen-age horror picture to drop 29% when we had two teen-age pictures plus 'Romeo Must Die' open up on top of us -- it's terrific. We were hoping (for only a) 40% drop. Six million dollars would have been great."
Where does it wind up? "I would say it's going to be $35 million," Tuckerman speculated.
Buena Vista/Touchstone's "Mission to Mars" was falling in its third week, down two orbits to fourth place with a slower estimated $5.80 million (-48%) at 3,101 theaters (+41 theaters, $1,870 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $49.3 million.
Twentieth Century Fox's PG-13-rated romantic drama "Here on Earth" arrived in fifth place with a quiet estimated $4.60 million at 1,712 theaters ($2,687 per theater).
Directed by Mark Piznarski and produced by David T. Friendly, it stars Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski and Josh Hartnett.
Columbia's PG-13-rated teen-appeal romantic comedy "Whatever It Takes" from Phoenix Pictures took only enough ticket sales to open in sixth place with a calm estimated $4.30 million at 2,272 theaters ($1,893 per theater).
Directed by David Raynr, it stars Shane West, Marla Sokoloff and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.
"It's a $15 million picture (in terms of cost), and we should gross that," Sony Pictures Releasing President Jeff Blake pointed out Sunday morning. "And with spring break coming up, the weekdays should be pretty good. We certainly won't get hurt. And it should have nice ancillaries."
DreamWorks' R-rated drama "American Beauty," the front-running Best Picture Oscar contender, held on to seventh place in its 28th week with a still beautiful estimated $3.90 million (+25%) at 1,662 theaters (+1 theater, $2,347 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $108.4 million.
Directed by Sam Mendes, it stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.
Warner Bros. PG-rated family drama "My Dog Skip" from Alcon Entertainment fell four rungs to eighth place in its 11th week with an OK estimated $3.24 million (-38%) at 2,331 theaters (theater count unchanged, $1,390 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $26.2 million.
Directed by Jay Russell, "Skip" stars Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson and Kevin Bacon.
Miramax's PG-13-rated Best Picture Oscar contender "The Cider House Rules" fell one notch to ninth in its 16th week with a solid estimated $2.80 million (+13%) at 1,671 theaters (-67 theaters, $1,675 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $49.7 million.
Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd and Michael Caine.
"It was at $23 million before the nominations," Miramax's David Kaminow, senior vice president for marketing, pointed out Sunday morning. He noted that "Cider" had more than doubled its total to date thanks to its high profile in the Oscar race (with seven nominations).
Rounding out the Top Ten was Warner Bros.' "The Whole Nine Yards," the R-rated 'hit' comedy from Morgan Creek and Franchise Pictures, down four pegs in its sixth weekend with a quieter estimated $2.08 million (-37%) at 2,109 theaters (-394 theaters, $985 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $54.2 million.
Directed by Jonathan Lynn, "Yards" stars Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry.
OTHER OPENINGS Last weekend also saw the arrival of USA Films' R-rated drama "Waking the Dead," placing 26th with a not very lively estimated $0.18 million at 63 theaters ($2,860 per theater).
Directed by Keith Gordon, it stars Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly.
SNEAK PREVIEWS Last weekend saw MGM hold 640 sneak previews Saturday night of its PG-rated romantic comedy "Return to Me."
"They were s upendous," an MGM spokesperson said Sunday morning. "About 60% were either sold out or three-quarters full. We did exit polls, and 85% were in the Top Two Boxes (excellent or very good) with an 80% definite recommend. They're pretty tremendous. It was 60% female."
"Return" opens Apr. 7 at about 2,000 theaters.
Directed by Bonnie Hunt, it stars David Duchovny and Minnie Driver.
EXPANSIONS On the expansion front, last weekend saw Fox Searchlight's "Boys Don't Cry" widen in its 24th week, placing 17th and benefiting from its Oscar acting nominations with an estimated $0.77 million (+51%) at 285 theaters (+25 theaters, $2,712 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $7.9 million.
Directed by Kimberly Peirce, it stars Hilary Swank, a leading contender in the Best Actress Oscar race, and Chloë Sevigny, a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee.
"It's caught four waves of publicity," Fox Searchlight Distribution President Stephen Gilula said Sunday morning. "The year-end Best Actress critics awards. Then it got the Golden Globes. Then it got the (Oscar) nominations. Two weeks ago, (Swank) had a round of publicity through all the talk shows -- from Charlie Rose to Rosie -- and then this week we've got the awards. With The Wall Street Journal (prediction that Swank would win), she got a whole new wave (of publicity). It's absolutely phenomenal.
"The surge that we've seen (is) in many of the theaters that have playing a long time. At the Sunset (in West Hollywood), in the 23rd week, it's up 80% this weekend. It's quite extraordinary. In New York City, theaters are up 40-50-60%, theaters that have been playing it for months. Each time we've had a round of publicity, it sort of reaches the consciousness of another group of moviegoers."
USA Films PG-rated suspense drama reissue "Rear Window" widened in its 10th week, placing 29th with a quiet estimated $0.069 million (-22%) at 39 theaters (+2 theaters, $1,780 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $1.4 million.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Robert Harris and James Katz restored the 1954 film classic.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $80.41 million, up about 23.20% from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $65.27 million.
This weekend's key film gross was down about 6.95% from this year's previous weekend, when key films grossed $86.42 million.
Last year, DreamWorks' second week of "Forces of Nature" was first with $9.44 million at 2,224 theaters ($4,244 per theater) and Warner Bros.' fourth week of "Analyze This" was second with $8.67 million at 2,537 theaters ($3,418 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $18.1 million. This year, the top two films grossed an estimated $37.6 million.
STUDIO MARKET SHARES Based on business by key films, last weekend's top six distributors were the following:
Warner Bros. was first with four films ("Romeo Must Die," "My Dog Skip," "The Green Mile" and "The Whole Nine Yards") grossing an estimated $24.52 million or 30.5% of the market.
Universal was second with one film ("Erin Brockovich") grossing an estimated $19.03 million or 23.7% of the market.
Buena Vista (Disney, Touchstone) was third with four films ("Mission to Mars," "The Tigger Movie," "The Sixth Sense" and "Fantasia 2000") grossing an estimated $9.40 million or 11.7% of the market.
New Line was fourth with one film ("Final Destination") grossing an estimated $7.10 million or 8.8% of the market.
20th Century Fox (Fox and Fox Searchlight) was fifth with two films ("Here on Earth" and "Wonder Boys") grossing an estimated $5.37 million or 6.7% of the market.
Sony Pictures Releasing (Columbia and TriStar) was sixth with one film ("Whatever It Takes") grossing an estimated $4.30 million or 5.3% of the market.
ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES
(11) "The Ninth Gate"/Artisan Theaters: 1,684 (+37) Gross: $1.72 million (-51%) Average per theater: $1,015 Total to date: $15.4 million
(12) "Fantasia 2000"/BV/Disney Theaters: 54 (0) (all IMAX) Gross: $1.40 million (domestic) (-8%) Average per theater: $26,123 Total to date: $36 million (domestic)
(13) "The Sixth Sense"/BV/Touchstone Theaters: 876 (-2) Gross: $1.30 million (+25%) Average per theater: $1,500 Total to date: $290.3 million
(14) "Snow Day"/Paramount Theaters: 1,924 (-463) Gross: $0.88 million (-60%) Average per theater: $455 Total to date: $57.7 million
(15) "The Tigger Movie"/BV/Disney Theaters: 1,360 (-341) Gross: $0.90 million (-49%) Average per theater: $665 Total to date: $43.0 million
(16) "Drowning Mona"/Destination Theaters: 1,126 (-587) Gross: $0.79 million (-54%) Average per theater: $705 Total to date: $14.8 million
(17) "Boys Don't Cry"/Fox Searchlight (see EXPANSIONS above)
(18) "Wonder Boys"/Paramount Theaters: 1,210 (-248) Gross: $0.69 million (-42%) Average per theater: $570 Total to date: $18 million
(19) "The Next Best Thing"/Paramount Theaters: 1,682 (-353) Gross: $0.66 million (-60%) Average per theater: $390 Total to date: $14.5 million
(20) "Pitch Black"/USA Films Theaters: 917 (-467) Gross: $0.65 million (-55%) Average per theater: $705 Total to date: $37.6 million
(21) "The Green Mile"/Castle Rock/Warner Bros. Theaters: 438 (-335) Gross: $0.51 million (-15%) Average per theater: $1,164 Total to date: $135.1 million
(22) "Reindeer Games"/Dimension Theaters: 941 (-760) Gross: $0.49 million (-63%) Average per theater: $515 Total to date: $22.8 million
(23) "Beyond the Mat"/Lions Gate Theaters: 298 (0) Gross: $0.38 million (-61%) Average per theater: $1,260 Total to date: $1.6 million
(24) "3 Strikes"/MGM Theaters: 544 (-134) Gross: $0.36 million (-64%) Average per theater: $650 Total to date: $9.3 million
(25) "Scream 3"/Dimension Theaters: 763 (-553) Gross: $0.32 million (-65%) Average per theater: $415 Total to date: $86.5 million
(26) "Waking the Dead"/USA Films (see OTHER OPENINGS above)
(27) "The Hurricane"/Universal Theaters: 306 (-30) Gross: $0.13 million (-35%) Average per theater: $425 Total to date: $50 million
(28) "Topsy-Turvy"/USA Films Theaters: 101 (-8) Gross: $0.13 million (-6%) Average per theater: $1,260 Total to date: $5.6 million
(29) "Rear Window"/USA Films (see EXPANSIONS above)

Julia Roberts was worth her weight in box office gold this weekend as Universal's opening of "Erin Brockovich" topped the chart with more than $28 million. The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia (which is releasing it internationally), kicked off to a perky estimated $28.21 million at 2,847 theaters ($9,910 per theater).
Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.
"Steven Soderbergh and our filmmaking partners Jersey Films made a terrifically entertaining film that both critics and audiences have embraced," Universal Distribution President Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning.
"The combination of Julia Roberts, the No. 1 female star working in movies today, with this amazing story about a plain-speaking, working-class woman who takes on the big guys is absolutely irresistible.
"It's Julia's second-biggest film (opening) of all time after 'Runaway Bride,' which was a summer opening ($35.1 million via Paramount). It is March's second-biggest opening ever, behind 'Liar Liar' with Jim Carrey ($31.4 million via Universal). It's the second-biggest opening for the year, behind 'Scream 3' ($34.7 million via Dimension Films)."
Asked about the effect of last weekend's well-attended and well-liked sneak previews of "Erin," Rocco said, "I think the sneaks reinforced the fact that this is a very, very entertaining film. It helped the word of mouth. People buy into the fact that it's so entertaining. There's nothing better to sell a film than the film itself."
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, "Erin" stars Julia Roberts, Albert Finney and Aaron Eckart.
Buena Vista/Touchstone's "Mission to Mars" was drifting in a lower orbit in its second week, tumbling one light-year to second place with an arid estimated $10.74 million (-53%) at 3,060 theaters (+6 theaters, $3,510 per theater). Its total is approximately $40 million.
New Line's R-rated suspense thriller "Final Destination" opened with a third-place destination and an OK estimated $10.20 million at 2,587 theaters ($3,943 per theater).
Directed by James Wong, it stars Devon Sawa, Ali Larter and Kerr Smith.
"We're thrilled with this number," New Line distribution head David Tuckerman said Sunday morning. "Research (based on tracking scores) had us at $4 million. The original 'Scream' only opened to $6 million. This is a really solid picture. I don't think it's going to be 'Scream,' but it's solid."
Warner Bros. PG-rated family drama "My Dog Skip" from Alcon Entertainment slipped one post to fourth place in its 10th week, still holding impressively with a frisky estimated $5.53 million (-8%) at 2,331 theaters (theater count unchanged, $2,372 per theater). Its total is approximately $21.8 million.
Directed by Jay Russell, "Skip" stars Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson and Kevin Bacon.
"This movie's going to definitely break $40 million now (in domestic theaters)," Warner Bros. Distribution President Dan Fellman said Sunday morning.
Artisan Entertainment's R-rated thriller "The Ninth Gate" plunged three slots to fifth place in its second week with a soft estimated $3.50 million (-47%) at 1,657 theaters (+71 theaters, $2,112 per theater). Its total is approximately $12.5 million.
Sixth place went to Warner Bros.' "The Whole Nine Yards," the R-rated hit man comedy from Morgan Creek and Franchise Pictures, down two rungs in its fifth weekend with an OK estimated $3.20 million (-42%) at 2,503 theaters (-169 theatres, $1,278 per theater). Its gross to date is approximately $51 million.
Directed by Jonathan Lynn, "Yards" stars Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry.
"We'll do a little over $60 million (in domestic theaters)," Warners' Fellman said Sunday morning.
DreamWorks' R-rated drama "American Beauty," the front-running Best Picture Oscar contender, fell two slots to seventh place in its 27th week with a still solid estimated $2.90 million (-21%) at 1,661 theaters (+139 theaters, $1,746 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $102.7 million.
Directed by Sam Mendes, it stars Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening.
Miramax's PG-13-rated Best Picture Oscar contender "The Cider House Rules" fell two notches to eighth in its 15th week with an OK estimated $2.40 million (-31%) at 1,738 theaters (+34 theaters, $1,380 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $45.7 million.
Directed by Lasse Hallström, it stars Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd and Oscar nominee Michael Caine.
"By today, we've more than doubled our gross since the nominations, so that in and of itself is a victory," David Kaminow, Miramax senior vice president of marketing, said Sunday morning.
Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' PG-rated comedy "Snow Day" held on to ninth place in its sixth week with a still solid estimated $2.20 million (-31%) at 2,387 theaters (-285 theaters, $922 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $56.4 million.
Directed by Chris Koch, it stars Chevy Chase.
Rounding out the Top 10 was Buena Vista/Disney's G-rated "The Tigger Movie, up three slots in its sixth weekend with a still bouncy estimated $1.90 million (-24%) at 1,701 theaters (-392 theaters, $1,117 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $41.7 million.
OTHER OPENINGS
Last weekend also saw the arrival of Lions Gate Films' R-rated wrestling documentary "Beyond the Mat," placing 19th with an OK estimated $0.95 million at 298 theaters ($3,188 per theater). Its total gross, including some prior runs, is approximately $0.987 million.
Written and directed by Barry Blaustein, it goes behind the scenes of the lives of three members of the World Wrestling Federation.
"I think it's phenomenal. People have to remember that it's a documentary," Lions Gate Co-President Tom Ortenberg said Sunday morning. "It's playing very broadly. We're having some great numbers out of Middle America. We're going to be grossing $9,000 to $10,000 in Providence, Rhode Island, and Nashville, Tennessee, and San Antonio, Texas.
Will it add theaters next week?
"It's going to stay about the same," he said. "There were a number of runs among (the opening theaters) that didn't really work very well. So rather than making more prints, we'll just let those play for a couple of weeks, take them off and start bicycling them around. We'll try to do it in as timely a fashion as possible, but we're not in a huge rush."
Fox Searchlight Pictures' R-rated dark comedy "Soft Fruit" opened at one theater in New York, placing 31st with a soft estimated $0.006 million ($5,815 per theater).
Directed by Christina Adreef, it won the International Critics Prize at the 1999 San Sebastian Film Festival.
SNEAK PREVIEWS
Last weekend saw no national sneak previews.
EXPANSIONS
On the expansion front, last weekend saw Fox Searchlight's "Boys Don't Cry" widen in its 24th week, placing 23rd with an estimated $0.497 million at 254 theaters (+68 theaters, $1,917 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $6.8 million.
Directed by Kimberly Peirce, it stars Hilary Swank, a leading contender in the Best Actress Oscar race, and Chloë Sevigny, a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee.
USA Films' PG-rated suspense drama reissue "Rear Window" widened in its ninth week, placing 28th with a calm estimated $0.089 million (-16%) at 37 theaters (+10 theaters, $2,395 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $1.3 million.
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly. The 1954 film classic was restored by Robert Harris and James Katz.
Paramount Classics' R-rated drama "Deterrence" expanded in its second week, placing 29th with a dull estimated $0.021 million (-9 ) at 17 theaters (+10 theaters, $1,248 per theater). Its total gross is approximately $0.056 million.
Written and directed by Rod Lurie, it stars Kevin Pollak and Timothy Hutton.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $85.27 million, up about 19.69% from the comparable weekend last year when key films grossed $71.24 million.
This weekend's key film gross was up about 4.74% from last weekend, when key films grossed $81.41 million.
Last year, DreamWorks' opening week of "Forces of Nature" was first with $13.51 million at 2,058 theaters and Warner Bros.' third week of "Analyze This" was second with $11.71 million at 2,537 theaters. The top two films one year ago grossed $25.2 million. This year, the top two films grossed an estimated $39.1 million.
STUDIO MARKET SHARES
Based on business by key films, last weekend's top six distributors were the following:
Universal was first with one film ("Erin Brockovich") grossing an estimated $28.21 million or 33.1% of the market.
Buena Vista (Disney, Touchstone) was second with four films ("Mission to Mars," "The Tigger Movie," "The Sixth Sense" and "Fantasia 2000") grossing an estimated $15.60 million or 18.3% of the market.
New Line was third with one film ("Final Destination")grossing an estimated $10.20 million or 12% of the market.
Warner Bros. was fourth with three films ("My Dog Skip," "The Green Mile" and "The Whole Nine Yards")grossing an estimated $9.28 million or 10.9% of the market.
Paramount was fifth with three films ("The Next Best Thing," "Snow Day" and "Wonder Boys") grossing an estimated $5.05 million or 5.9% of the market.
Miramax (Miramax, Dimension) was sixth with three films ("Reindeer Games," "Scream 3" and "The Cider House Rules") grossing an estimated $4.60 million or 5.4% of the market.
ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES
(11) "Drowning Mona"/Destination Theaters: 1,704 (-277) Gross: $1.78 million (-48%) Average per theater: $1,046 To date: $13.6 million
(12) "The Next Best Thing"/Paramount Theaters: 2,035 (+1) Gross: $1.70 million (-48%) Average per theater: $835 To date: $13.4 million
(13) "Fantasia 2000"/BV/Disney Theaters: 54 (0) (all IMAX) Gross: $1.60 million (domestic) (+7%) Average per theater: $29,201 To date: $33.7 million (domestic)
(14) "Pitch Black"/USA Films Theaters: 1,384 (-346) Gross: $1.55 million (-47%) Average per theater: $1,105 To date: $36.6 million
(15) "Reindeer Games"/Dimension Theaters: 1,701 (-412) Gross: $1.30 million (-54%) Average per theater: $764 To date: $21.8 million
(16) "The Sixth Sense"/BV/Touchstone Theaters: 878 (+206) Gross: $1.20 million (-19%) Average per theater: $1,318 To date: $288.3 million
(17) "Wonder Boys"/Paramount Theaters: 1,458 (-51) Gross: $1.15 million (-56%) Average per theater: $789 To date: $16.9 million
(18) "3 Strikes"/MGM Theaters: 678 (0) Gross: $1 million (-47%) Average per theater: $1,465 To date: $8.8 million
(19) "Beyond the Mat"/Lions Gate Films (see OTHER OPENINGS above)
(20) "Scream 3"/Dimension Theaters: 1,316 (-131) Gross: $0.90 million (-42%) Average per theater: $683 To date: $85.9 million
(21) "Hanging Up"/Columbia Theaters: 1,048 (-929) Gross: $0.64 million (-62%) Average per theater: $610 To date: $35.4 million
(22) "The Green Mile"/Castle Rock/Warner Bros. Theaters: 773 (-75) Gross: $0.55 million (-16%) Average per theater: $715 To date: $134.4 million
(23) "Boys Don't Cry"/Fox Searchlight (see EXPANSIONS above)
(24) "Boiler Room"/New Line Theaters: 380 (-227) Gross: $0.44 million (-55%) Average per theater: $1,165 To date: $16.1 million
(25) "The Beach"/20th Century Fox Theaters: 485 (-228) Gross: $0.31 million (-54%) Average per theater: $640 To date: $38.8 million
(26) "The Hurricane"/Universal Theaters: 336 (-70) Gross: $0.20 million (-39%) Average per theater: $595 To date: $49.8 million
(27) "Topsy-Turvy"/USA Films Theatres Theaters: 109 (-2) Gross: $0.14 million (-28%) Average per theater: $1,285 To date: $5.4 million
(28) "Rear Window"/USA Films (see EXPANSIONS above)
(29) "Deterrence"/Paramount Classics (see EXPANSIONS above)
(30) "Agnes Browne"/USA Films Theaters: 15 (+1) Gross: $0.018 million (-30%) Average per theater: $1,185 To date: $0.1 million
(31) "Soft Fruit"/Fox Searchlight (see OTHER OPENINGS above)